Study places for students

Study on-campus? We have a wide variety of study places available.

Study places for students on campus due to COVID-19

The library has 200 workstations reserved for students who really can't study at home. All other self-study locations are closed. These spots have all been reserved by now. Students who no longer need their spot are requested to sign out at studentsupport@tilburguniversitu.edu.

Poor Wi-Fi connection, bad furniture, noise disturbance or only one screen and other inconveniences are no reason to study in the library. For technical problems, contact your provider, landlord or IT support.

Hostel Roots in Tilburg offers rooms with Wi-Fi, coffee and tea for student prices (discount of €5 to €10 per day, on presentation of your student card); see Office Space at Hostel Roots. Reservations by mail. Maybe there are hotels in your area where this is also possible or come up with your own creative solution.

At Surfspot, you can buy up-to-date software programs and hardware for student prices.

Due to the strict lockdown and the medical emergency, only students who live in Tilburg (due to travel restrictions) will be admitted on medical or psychological grounds. Students who wish to make use of this should apply to studentsupport@tilburguniversity.edu, stating the reason, student number and days they wish to use the library, also a written (medical) proof or a statement from social work should be attached.

Type of Study Places

Silent study places
Group work study places

Study places with and without PC
Dual screen study places

Make a room reservation

At the moment students, study and student associations cannot make room reservations for meetings, study places, workshops and events. Read more on how to book a room

Specifications study places per building

The number of study places per building mentioned below only apply to the regular situation. Please mind that the number of study places during the corona pandemic is different. Check FAQ on coronavirus for students for the latest information.

Academia building

Type of study places: study places without PC at the galleries of the different floors.
Location & numbers:
- Ground floor: 100 study places without PC (without power outlets).
- Second floor: 30 study places without PC (without power outlets).
- Fourth floor: 30 study places without PC (without power outlets).
Printer: A52.
Opening hours*: Monday to Friday 08:00 - 18:00 hrs.

Cobbenhagen building

Type of study places:
- Study places with and without PCs.
- Silent study places in C 023 & C 044.
Location & numbers:
- C 26 ('small foyer' near the glass corridor: 26 study places (without power outlets).
- C 023 (basement): 84 silent study places without PC (with power outlets).
- C 044 (basement): 18 study places with PC (with power outlets).
- C 044 (basement): 12 study places without PC (with power outlets).
Opening hours*: Monday to Friday 08:00 - 18:00 hrs

CUBE

Type of study places: (Group) study places without PC in the study rooms (4- and 10-persons bookable via WRB, 1- and 2-persons non-bookable).
Details:
- Lockers available.
- The 10-person study rooms are provided with displays.
Location & numbers:
- Ground floor: 100 open study places without PC (with power outlets).
- Ground floor: 75 closed study places located in the study rooms without PC (with power outlets). These study places are divided into 1-, 2- and 4-person study rooms.
- First floor: 120 closed study places located in the study rooms without PC (with power outlets). These study places are divided into 1-, 2-, and 10-person study rooms. The 10-person study rooms are provided with displays.
Reservation: study places can be booked via Web Room Booking (WRB).
Printers: Rooms CUBE 48 and CUBE 291.
Opening hours*: Monday to Friday from 08:00 - 18:00 hrs.

Dante building

Type of study places:
- Individual study places with and without PC.
- Group study places without PC (with power outlets).
- Lounge places without PC.
Location & numbers:
- Ground floor: 9 study places with PC (with power outlets).
- Ground floor: 52 individual study places without PC (with power outlets).
- Ground floor: 18 group study places without PC (with power outlets).
- Ground floor: 12 lounge study places without PC (with power outlets).
Printer: D 61.
Opening hours*: Monday to Friday 08:00 - 18:00 hrs

Esplanade building

Goosens building

Type of study places:
- Study places with and without PC (with power outlets).
- Group study places with and without PC (with power outlets).
Details:
- Study places with adjustable desk and notebook docking facilities.
- Lockers available.
Location & numbers:
- Goosens Learning Center (GLC) first floor: 30 study places without PC (with power outlets).
- Goosens Learning Center (GLC) first floor: 45 (group) study places with PC.
- Second floor: 28 group study places without PC (without power outlets). Note: you may be asked to make room for staff members if they need these workspaces.
Printer: G159.
Opening hours*: Monday to Friday 08:00 - 18:00 hrs

Library building

Type of study places: (group) study places with and without PC.
Details:
- Silent study places on levels 0 & 2.
- Lockers available.
Location & numbers:
- Ground floor: 96 silent study places without PC (with power outlets).
- Ground floor: 6 silent study places with PC (with power outlets).
- First floor: 54 group study places with PC and (two) display(s).
- First floor: 232 individual study places with PC.
- First floor: 18 individual study places without PC (with power outlets).
- Second floor: 128 silent study places without PC (without power outlets).
- Second floor: 202 silent study places with PC (without power outlets).
Reservation:
- Use the Student desktop reservation system Library to make a reservation.
- Early Bird study places: these PCs cannot be booked in advance. First come, first served applies. In the reservation system these places are indicated with the code 240xx.
Printers: L 089 - L 181 - L 185 - L 281 - L 285.
Opening hours*:
- Monday to Friday from 08:00 - 24:00 hrs
- Saturdays & Sundays 10:00 - 24:00 hrs

Montesquieu building: Montesquieu Learning Center (MLC)

Type of study places: group) study places with and without PC, experiment rooms.
Details:
- M21 & M23 are experiment rooms. You can sit here if the room is not booked.
- Lockers with power outlets available.
Location & numbers:
- Ground floor: 0 study places without PC (with power outlets).
- Ground floor: 96 study places with PC (with power outlets).
- Ground floor: 12 group study places without PC (with power outlets).
- M 21: 20 study places with PC
- M 23: 20 study places with PC
Printer: M 22.
Opening hours*:
- Monday to Friday 08:00 - 18:00 hrs

Prisma building

Type of study places: individual study places with and without PC, experiment rooms.
Details: P18 & P19 are experiment rooms that can be used if they are not booked.
Location & numbers:
- Ground floor: 28 study places with PC.
- P18: 32 study places with PC.
- P19: 32 study places with PC.
Printer: P 051.
Opening hours*: Monday to Friday: 08:00 - 18:00 hrs.

Reitse Poort

Type of study places:
- Individual study places without PC
- Group study places in RP 14 - RP 17
Location & numbers":
- Ground floor: 28 study places (with power outlets).
- Ground floor: 4 group study places in separate rooms.
Reservation: the group study places can be booked via Web Room Booking (WRB).
Printer: present.
Opening hours*: Monday to Friday: 08:00 - 18:00 hrs

Reitse Toren

Warande building

* Opening hours: please check the web page on opening hours for an overview.

Restaurant (Mensa)

Closed for self-study

Outside the busy lunch/dinner time, you can also sit in the restaurant to study. There are workplaces without PC (and without power outlets). You can study here Monday to Friday from:

08:30 - 11:30 hrs
14:00 - 20:00 hrs

Outside Study Places On-Campus

If the weather is nice, you can also study at the outdoor picnic tables. These 'outdoor study places' are located near the following buildings: Cobbenhagen, Dante, Montesquieu, Simon, TIAS, Warande, and the restaurant. The outdoor study places are equipped with a power outlet and the study places outside the Warande building and the restaurant also have a water tap by Join the Pipe. They hand out water bottles to school children for better hygiene, install water pumps in villages and organize City Clean-Ups to tackle the plastic waste issue at source.

Software

You can check out the software on the PCs yourself by clicking on Start > All programs. Or you can contact IT Support.

Rules student study places

To make studying on the campus as pleasant as possible for all, there are some rules.

Study places Utrecht

Students of the Tilburg School of Catholic Theology can also use the IT and library facilities of Utrecht University.

Frequently Asked Questions on Study Places

Can I make a reservation?

How can I login, log off and lock a student desktop?

How can I log in on a student desktop?

You have access to the student desktops with your TiU username (s+6 figures or u+7 figures) and TiU password. You can change your TiU password (TiU password) online via the Password application. Also if you have forgotten your TiU password, go to the
Password application.

How can I temporarily lock my student desktop?

Once being logged in on the student desktop the key combination [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [Del] calls up the window for temporarily locking the student desktop for a maximum of 15 minutes.

It is prohibited to place material on the keyboard, use software or other methods to prevent a restart. Supervising and security personnel check the proper use of the facilities and take action when needed. Your PC might be turned off.

How can I log out?

To end the session you go to the Start menu and choose the option Shut Down.

Automatic 'power-off' available?

After a student desktop is switched on, a blue log in screen will appear for 15 minutes. If the desktop stays idle during this period, the power will automatically be switched off. A warning will appear just before this happens.

How to save files?

OneDrive

OneDrive is your personal Tilburg University storage location. It supports all kinds of useful facilities, including sharing documents inside the organization, collaborating simultaneously in one document, version control, and editing on other devices such as your smartphone.

If I store files locally, can a different user see them, too?

OneDrive is offered in your browser by default. However, if you use the OneDrive desktop app on your desktop, you can also access your files in Windows Explorer. This works best with Office ProPlus. In this way, OneDrive works both offline and online.

Once you have synchronized the OneDrive desktop app with your OneDrive in the cloud, you can work on your files in OneDrive, even if there is no internet connection. That synchronization happens as soon as a network connection (WiFi or cable) is available. At that moment, other users with whom you have shared the document can see your changes.

Do I have access to my OneDrive at home?

Yes, because you can access your information in OneDrive from any location, on any device: on your Tilburg University laptop or desktop, on your personal Windows or Apple laptop, on a tablet or IPad, and on your Windows, Android, or Apple smartphone.

M:\drive

Students get a home directory with 250 MB disc space on the student server to store data. Therefore, it is not necessary to store the files on a USB stick. This M:\ drive is also called your home directory and has got the permanent letter M: for every student.

Can other users see my locally stored files?

No, other users don't have access to your local files. A reset of the C:\ drive takes place after every log in session, causing the computer to reset completely. So, after every restart it is a standard student desktop. Also the student desktop SWAP partition (D:\ drive) is cleared every day. The SWAP partition is used to store temporary files. Should you have saved files here, please make sure to store them on your M:\ drive or USB stick before ending your session.

If I save files on my desktop, will they remain available for another session?

No, here also goes that the desktop will be cleared after every restart. So mind to save files on your M:\ drive or USB stick.

Do I have access to my M:\ drive at home?

Off-campus you have access to the files saved in your M:\ drive too. Check the FileZilla manual for instructions.

I have accidentally deleted a file. Can it be recovered?

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